NO NO NO NO NO!!!! Highpoint is a really bad idea. Bought one this weekend and it didn't work. Well... it kind of worked. It would only initialize on cold boot. I moved it to another slot then it would initialize on warm boots. Never did get it to execute the boot loader though. Returned it and got a plain sata controller. Stephen wrote: > If your comfortable compiling drivers from source and your OS resides > on its own drive id look at highpoint cards > > highpoint-tech.com > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Mark Phillips > wrote: >> I need to set up a backup drive(s) for several home machines. I want to use >> external Sata drives. My older P4 machine has a PCI 2.2 bus, so I need a >> recommendation for a Sata drive controller card for one or two external Sata >> 2 drives. The card has to work with Debian and backuppc. Also, a >> recommendation for 1 TB+ eSata drives. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss